First introduced in 1971's The Amazing Spider-Man #101, Morbius is actually biochemist Dr. Michael Morbius, who tries to cure himself of a rare blood disease but then turns himself into a vampire. The character started as a Spidey villain but later became more of an antihero, which actually makes him better-suited to a standalone movie than Venom, given the symbiote’s original and important connection to Spider-Man in the comics.

As for Leto, well, what needs to be said that we haven’t said before? He’s an Oscar-winning actor who reportedly conducted himself quite oddly on the set of Suicide Squad where he played the Joker, and continued to be pretty weird during his recent film, Blade Runner 2049. Neither of those characters were superhero vampires, though, so one can only imagine the shit he’s likely to get up to on this film. Hopefully there’s no on-set blood drinking planned!

Also, we don’t know what this means for that other villainous movie Leto has in the works:

Whether or not this actually happens, though, is anyone’s guess. Leto was also up forBloodshot at Sony but, ultimately, that role went to Vin Diesel. So until a release date is set, this could still be up in the air.